Posts Tagged ‘Deputy Education Minister Datuk Razali Ismail’

November 13th, 2008

Converting teacher training institute to English academy in Malaysia

Malaysia: The Education Ministry has set aside RM29.5mil to convert the Kuala Terengganu Teaching Institute in Batu Rakit here to an English academy by the year 2010. Deputy Education Minister Datuk Razali Ismail said the academy would help trainee teachers from Kelantan, Pahang and Terengganu become proficient in the English language.Work on the institute is […]

September 6th, 2008

Malaysia: 35% of teachers lack good command of English

Are you shocked?  The Education Ministry revealed that about 35% of teachers teaching Science and Mathematics in schools nationwide have been found to lack a good command of the English language. Deputy Education Minister Datuk Razali Ismail said such a setback in the teaching profession was discovered during surveys conducted in schools that were selected randomly, […]

July 10th, 2008

Malaysia: UPSR Results as Benchmark

The Education Ministry will use the results of the 2008 Primary School Achievement Test (UPSR) as the benchmark to determine the policy on the teaching of Science and Mathematics in the English language. Deputy Education Minister Datuk Razali Ismail said the ministry was conducting a study of 2008 UPSR pupils who had been taught […]